Joel Peyrot

Joel Peyrot (21 June 1778-19 March 1852) was a colonel of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Joel Peyrot was born in Ussel, Correze in 1778, and in 1794 he was drafted into the French Army. Peyrot became a Sergeant during the Egypt Campaign of 1798 and was made a Colonel in 1809 during the Fifth Coalition war. In 1814 Peyrot's regiment of Fusiliers of Line won the Battle of Chatillon-sur-Seine for France with a crucial bayonet charge against charging Austrians. After the downfall of Napoleon, Peyrot retired and worked as a bookseller until his death in 1852.